Jungle Safari in Nepal
Chitwan jungle safari offers you plenty of chance to explore wildlife. Probably, your trip will remain incomplete if you miss to visit wildlife sanctuary like this.
There are many beautiful parks dispersed across the nation. These parks offer you a unique opportunity to see different species of flora and fauna from the very close quarters. You can find several resorts in the parks and they provide comfortable accommodation and delicious cuisine. They also offer many wildlife activities like safaris on Elephant's back, walk through the jungle and canoe trips. All these activities are carried out by the trained staffs. Jungle safari takes you deep into the jungle, beyond the beaten tracks.
During the Chitwan tour, if you are lucky enough, you may encounter with rhino or tiger. You will be amazed to find tigers and rhinos in front of you. You will also be surprised by the sounds and sights of the jungle. The local inhabitants of this area are called Tharus. You can also observe their unique life style and different culture. Tharus are local indigenous living in the plain area of Nepal.
CLIMATE IN CHITWAN
The Chitwan Park has a range of climatic seasons each offering a unique experience. October through February with average temperatures of 25oc offer an enjoyable climate. From March to June temperatures can reach as high as 43oC. The hot humid days give way to the monsoon season that typically lasts from late June until September, rivers become flooded and roads are impossible in Chitwan.
In late January, local villagers are allowed to cut thatch grasses to meet their needs, which offer a better viewing of wildlife for visitors. Also, between September and November and February and April, migratory birds join the residential birds and create spectacular bird watching opportunities. While the monsoon rains bring lush vegetation, most trees flower in late winter. The plash tree, known as the "flame of the forest' and silk cotton tree have spectacular crimson flowers that can be seen from a distance.
FEATURES OF CHITWAN TOUR IN NEPAL
The Park consists of a diversity of ecosystems-including the Churia hills, Ox-bow lakes, and the flood plains of the Rapti, Reu and Narayani Rivers. The Churia hills rise slowly towards the East from 150 m. to more than 800 m. The western portion of the Park is comprised of the lower but more rugged, Someshwor hill. The Park shares its eastern boundary with the Parsa Wildlife Reserve.
CHITWAN FLORA AND FAUNA
The Chitwan valley consists of tropical and subtropical forests. Sal forests cover 70 percent of the park. Sal leaves are used locally for plates in festivals and religious offerings.
Grasslands cover 20 percent of the Chitwan National Park. There are more than 50 different types of grasses, including the elephant grass (Saccharum spp), renowned for its immense height. It can grow up to 8m in height. The park is home to more than 50 mammal species, over 525 birds, and 55 amphibians and reptiles. The endangered fauna found in the Park are: One-horned rhinoceros, Gaur. Royal Bengal tiger. Wild elephant, Four horned antelope, Pangolin, Golden monitor lizard, Python, etc. Bengal florican. Lesser florican, Giant hornbill, Black stork, White stork, etc.
FACILITIES DURING IN CHITWAN TOUR
Chitwan tour offers interesting sites and activities. The display at the visitor centre at Sauraha provides fascinating information on wildlife and conservation program. The women's user groups' souvenir shop offers a variety of handicrafts and other local products for gifts and souvenirs.
Elephant safari provides opportunity to get a closer view of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros. One may also get a glimpse of the elusive Bengal tiger. The Elephant Breeding Center at Khorsor, Sauraha gives you information on captive elephant and the calves born there.
The museum at Kasara, the Park headquarters, has informative displays- near the HQ visitors can see Bikram Baba, a Hindu religious site of archival value. A short walk (1km) from the Park HQ will take you to the Gharial Breeding Center, which is also a home to the Marsh mugger, gharial crocodiles and other turtles.
Inside the Park, there are 7 resorts run by Park concessionaires that can provide lodging and access to wildlife activities. Various resorts and Lodges are situated outside the park also offer variety of services.
Nepal Jungle Safari Packages
Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour (2 Nights/ 3 Days)
Nepal has 14 national parks and wildlife reserves most of which have dense tropical jungles teeming with diverse wildlife and exotic birds. The name ‘Chitwan’ has several possible meanings, but the most literal translation of the two NEPALI words that make it up: chit or chita (heart) and wan or ban (jungle). Chitwan is thus ‘the heart of the jungle’
Ride on elephant back or drive your four-wheeler to view wild animals in their natural habitat or you might escape for a canoe rides on the jungle rivers. One can also have a memorable nature walks, bird watching excursions ...
Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour (3 Nights/ 4 Days)
In Nepal, Chitwan is a hot dish on the menu. Pick Chitwan as this has Nepal's most popular National Park offering excellent opportunity to see Royal Bengal Tigers, One horned Rhino, Crocodile and thrilling wilderness experience into its deep and thick jungle and Chitwan National park is the easiest one to reach among all others.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, cultivation in the valley was deliberately prohibited by the government of Nepal in order to maintain a barrier of disease-ridden forests as a defense against the invasion of diseases ...
Bardia National Park Tour (2 Nights/ 3 Days)
Bardia national park is one of the largest parks in the region which is situated in the western part of the country. Bardia National park has been home for the several endangered animals, reptiles, birds and elusive tigers of course. Few years back, several one-horned rhinos were transferred here from Chitwan national park. This has been best place for the sight seeing and it is equally famous for observing wildlife experience. There are several lodges and tented camp that provides you comfortable accommodation. There is a beautiful park, located at the bank of the Karnali River ...
Bardia National Park Tour (3 Nights/ 4 Days)
Bardia national park is one of the largest parks in the region which is situated in the western part of the country. Bardia National park has been home for the several endangered animals, reptiles, birds and elusive tigers of course. Few years back, several one-horned rhinos were transferred here from Chitwan national park. This has been best place for the sight seeing and it is equally famous for observing wildlife experience. There are several lodges and tented camp that provides you comfortable accommodation. There is a beautiful park, located at the bank of the Karnali River ...
Island jungle Safari in Chitwan (2 Nights/ 3 Days)
Chitwan national park is widely recognized as one of the best national park in south Asia which covers 932 square kilo meter area. It is 140km southwest of Kathmandu . This is the first national park of the country. It was established in 1973 particularly to preserve the exclusive ecosystem as it holds significant value for the entire world. It is situated in the terrain low lands of the southern central of Nepal.
The northwest side of the park is an island better known as the Bandarjhola and it is surrounded by the Narayani River . This island consists of forest, tall grassland, marshland, many inlets and oxbow lakes ...
Island jungle Safari in Chitwan (3 Nights/ 4 Days)
The Himalayan kingdom of Nepal is undoubtedly one of the most beautifully countries in the world. From the highest point on earth to the jungle lowlands along the Indian border, it contains an incredible variety of scenery.
The Kathmandu alley is practically a living museum, with hundreds of highly decorated temples scattered through it' town and villages the abundance of plant and animal life makes Nepal a naturalist's paradise, whilst the mountains offer a backdrop unsurpassed anywhere else on earth.
